F-106A 580774 of the 194 FIS Fresno CA taxiing out as the last F-106 to sit Alert for the 318th FIS Det 1 at Castle AFB on 30 Dec 1983. Pilot is Capt Gore, Crew Chief was me SSgt Patrick McGee. Capt Gore stopped for me to take this shot. This was the last F-106 flight out of Castle Alert. Photo by Patrick McGee.

The 194th came up from Fresno a few months before the F-106 Alert Close-out of the 318th FIS Det 1 at Castle AFB, CA that occurred on 31 Dec 1983. The last of the 318th jets left Castle in prep for the 318th's conversion to F-15's. Our 318th alert crews including me remained. We worked with the 194th jets and their backshop mechanics when necessary. On 31 Dec 1983 the alert duties were officially taken over by the 318th FIS's newly acquired F-15's